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'If it were me in my normal state, your tricks would be quite useful to me.'
Of course, Ikki wouldn't say this out loud.
"You... what are you going to do to me?"
Hancock folded her arms around her body and looked at Ikki warily.
She couldn't beat him, and he had even seen the Celestial Dragon slave mark on her back. At this moment, Hancock really didn't know how to deal with the situation.
"Well, you attacked me first, Hancock. But forget it! It's better not to mention this. Since you don't want to fight anymore, I'll leave."
With that said, Ikki turned around and walked toward the direction where Nojiko and the others were.
Although Hancock was a pirate, she was recognized as a Shichibukai by the World Government. Even if she was caught, there would be no reward. With the Summit War breaking out, Ikki didn't want to capture a woman he had no ill feelings about, which would cause greater variables in the Summit War.
'Wait... in the current situation, Luffy won't necessarily beat up the Celestial Dragons. In other words, Hancock may not meet Luffy and fall in love with him. Then will she go to the Summit War in the future?'
Ikki walked, stroking his chin and thinking.
"Wait!"
Hancock stepped forward and quickly grabbed Ikki's clothes.
"What's wrong? Want to fight again?" Ikki glanced at Hancock and noticed that Hancock's body had been damaged by the battle just now. After being slashed and her clothes burned by flames, he pulled off the black casual shirt he was wearing and handed it to Hancock.
"Here, make do with this for now."
Hancock took the clothes in a daze, and the next moment her expression suddenly changed.
"You... you saw what's on my back, didn't you? Are you going to tell anyone else about this later?"
Hearing this, Ikki scratched his hair in distress. He understood that even if he said he didn't see it at this time, it would have no effect. Hancock wouldn't believe it anyway.
"Yeah, I did see it. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. It won't do me any good to tell people."
"You really won't tell anyone?"
Hancock looked sad. Facing this unbeatable opponent, she found that she could only hope Ikki would do what he said.
"If I say I won't tell, I won't tell. But seriously, if you really care about the mark on your back, why don't you get another tattoo like the guys from the Sun Pirates did?"
Ikki looked helpless. He really couldn't understand why the three Hancock sisters hated the Celestial Dragon slave mark so much. In order to prevent the women of Amazon Lily from seeing the marks on their backs, they even lied that they were cursed and anyone who saw their backs would be petrified.
"Even if you don't want to get other tattoos, you could also remove that part of the skin on your back. When the new skin grows back, won't your Celestial Dragon slave mark be gone?"
Ikki said.
"It's useless. You don't understand." Hancock gradually tightened her grip on Ikki's clothes, her face looking desolate and helpless. "The mark of the Celestial Dragons is a curse. It goes deep into the bone marrow. Even if you dig out the skin behind it, even the flesh and blood, after the flesh and blood grows again, the Celestial Dragons' mark will still grow out. Even if you get other tattoos like the Sun Pirates, that's just deceiving others, but you can't deceive yourself."
Although Ikki said he wouldn't tell anyone about the incident, she didn't know whether to believe it or not.
"So that's it, a curse? Is this Celestial Dragon mark made by some kind of Devil Fruit?"
Ikki touched his chin, and suddenly his mind moved, thinking of Nojiko's Zanpakutō Minazuki.
'Minazuki should be effective against the so-called Celestial Dragon slave mark.'
Ikki thought, and Minazuki at Nojiko's waist in the distance quickly flew out and flew toward Ikki's direction. And on the way, it transformed into the state of a one-eyed manta ray.
"The small talk is over. Let me help you with your treatment."
After Ikki finished speaking, the one-eyed manta ray swallowed Hancock, who was still in a state of confusion.
Ikki himself jumped on the back of the one-eyed manta ray and flew toward the coast.
"Ikki! Where is our sister? What did you do to our sister?"
When Boa Sandersonia saw Ikki flying out of the depths of the jungle alone on a one-eyed manta ray, she immediately roared at Ikki.
Perona frowned and was about to use her Devil Fruit ability on Sandersonia again.
Ikki jumped down from behind the one-eyed manta ray and stopped Perona's movement.
"Don't worry, your sister is fine."
Ikki snapped his fingers, and the one-eyed manta ray immediately spit out Hancock, who was wearing Ikki's black clothes.
"Great! Sister, you're okay!"
Boa Marigold said excitedly.
"Looks like you can use every one of these special swords."
Shakky raised the corner of her mouth and watched with interest as Ikki inserted the one-eyed manta ray, which had turned back into a sword, into Nojiko's sheath.
Ikki smiled at Shakky but didn't mean to answer her question.
"Rayleigh, Shakky, we have a trip to the Sabaody Archipelago later. Do you need us to take you back?"
Shakky shook her head, her eyes resting on Hancock.
"It's rare to see Hancock. I want to have a chat with them. Ikki, you can go back by yourself first."
"Understood. In that case, we'll leave."
Ikki nodded to Shakky and Rayleigh, and took a deep look at the three Hancock sisters.
Then he took Nami, Nojiko and the other crew members toward the coast.
Hancock looked at Ikki's back, pursed her lips and wanted to say something, but she still didn't say anything in the end.
A few minutes later, Ikki and the others who reboarded the ship quickly sailed away from the island and headed back toward the Sabaody Archipelago as Rayleigh, Shakky and the others watched from the shore.